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...face of it, though, Myerson's chances of re-negotiating the deal look slim. "The whole deal with these clean-break settlements is people know where they stand after they're done," says Julian Lipson, head of the family law team at London law firm Withers. Exceptions might be made if one party lies about their assets, or if "in very short succession after the order has been made, a completely unforeseeable change renders the basis of the agreement wrong," Lipson says. Otherwise, "a final order is a final order. And that's that...
...Jania followed up a strong 6-3 first set with a 6-4 loss in the second. In the final set she converted a break point to make the set 5-5. She prevailed in the next game after almost blowing a 40-0 lead...
...Leading the final game of the match 40-30, Jania could not convert her first match point and the game went to deuce. At that point, Jania forced a break opportunity and then softly angled her overhead put-away across the court to claim the victory...
...worker who has a young child in El Salvador, who he provides [funding] for her schooling and medical necessities.” Becker said that notifying workers of layoffs and hours-reductions on such short notice is not illegal or a breach of contract, but does “break a whole host of moral values.” “The fact that a worker can be notified with less than one day’s notice...is part of a systemic problem that is at its core [representative of] the very limited legal protections” enjoyed...
...took a break from people hurling meatballs at us in the dining hall to bring you this column. We have all heard about the controversial mascots: the Washington Redskins, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the Atlanta Braves, and the Chicago Bears (yeah, we’re throwing up right now too). But you probably neglect abuses when they’re close to home—domestic abuses, we’ll call them. You just want to go through life neglecting the pile of stegosaurus manure in your own backyard. That’s right: The Harvard Crimson...